Philosophical Me

People say that an empty mind is a devil's workshop. For all that I know, my mind has been the home to Mr. Devil from the past couple of days - with an absolutely empty mind on thinking what’s my passion!
Staring down the computer screen, I could only muster enough courage to chalk down the topic after spending hours of deliberating and I finally decided to write on 3 things/personalities that have had a considerable impact on me so far in my life. As I started writing, I realized that I did not have a single most strikingly variant passion that I could have written about.

I am not a voracious book reader - There was always so much to read throughout my college, I could never have imagined I could go beyond reading a couple of books - and I did over-achieve my Goal.
I read Dan Browns Angels & Demons, Khaled Hosseini's Kite Runner and Chetan Bhagat's A night at the call center

I am not an artist - The only art I know is the Hindi translation of the number 8

I am not a singer - Unless we want to attract even animals to read the blog, I do not think I should sing

I am not a dancer - Except for shamelessly dancing at the office events, I use my legs only for walking or sometimes running

As I pen down the things I wanted to talk about myself, I realized that my passion is not a single bullet point that I could have written about. For me, my passion is continuous drive of learning to live, pursuing my dreams, getting inspired by my role models, facing most pressing of challenges and most of all, giving my best in everything that I do. So, I decided to put up a small write up on 3 things/personalities that had a considerable impact on my life so far.

1. Happiness is – Education and competition
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